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The Prize projects of the Prevention Day 2024 – students in Grunnskólinn in Borgarnes and Framhaldsskólinn in Húsavík received prizes

11th December 2024

On Saturday, December 7th, a reception took place at Bessastaðir, where Halla Tómasdóttir, the President of Iceland, presented awards for the projects associated with the Prevention Day 2024. During the event, the President and Dóra Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir, the Head of Public Health at the Directorate of Health, delivered speeches discussing the significance of the Prevention Day and the Riddarar kærleikans (Knights of Love).

Prevention Day 2024. Partners and prize winners

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The Prize Game

Students from Grunnskólinn in Borgarnes and Framhaldsskólinn in Húsavík participated in the Prevention Day prize game by submitting digital content related to games that encourage families and friends to play together. A jury evaluated the 26 submissions, including sixteen projects from compulsory school students and 10 from upper secondary school students. Seeing more schools utilising the competition project as a submission opportunity was encouraging. The projects submitted were diverse and intriguing, making the jury's decision quite challenging.

The prize winners from the compulsory school category are Kristný Halla Bragadóttir, Valdís Björk Samúelsdóttir, Agla Dís Adolfsdóttir, Emelía Ýr Gísladóttir, and Emma Mist Andradóttir from Grunnskólinn in Borgarnes.

Prevention Day 2024. Prize winners compulsory schools. Kristný Halla Bragadóttir, Valdís Björk Samúelsdóttir, Agla Dís Adolfsdóttir, Emelía Ýr Gísladóttir and Emma Mist Andradóttir.

The prize winner for the upper secondary school project is Elísabet Ingvarsdóttir from Framhaldsskólinn in Húsavík.

Prevention Day 2024. Prize winner upper secondary schools. Elísabet Ingvarsdóttir

The Directorate of Health is responsible for managing the Prevention Day project. In addition to the President’s Office, the following partners are involved: ÍSÍ, UMFÍ, the Home and School Association, ISCRA, Planet Youth, the City of Reykjavík, the Icelandic Association of Local Authorities, Samfés, the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police, the Scouts, and SAFF.

For more information please visit Prevention Day

Ingibjörg Guðmundsdóttir and Lísbet Sigurðardóttir
Project Managers of the Prevention Day